Jar lid and applicator attachment therefor



Jan. 12, 1932. e. FISCHER JAR LID AND APPLIGATOR ATTACHMENT THEREFOR Filed Feb. 15, 1930 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 12, 1932 GEORGE FISCHER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA JAR LID AND APPLICATOR ATTACHMENT THEREFOR Application filed February 15, 1930. Serial No. 428,743.

My invention relates to applicator devices and more particularly to devices for removing substances, such as salves, petroleum jelly, creamy materials, etc. from receptacles 5 and constitutes in part a continuation of my copending application No. 425,278, filed February 1, 1930.

One object of my invention is to provide an applicator device of such form that it may be conveniently manipulated to remove materials from receptacles in small quantities, and which may be readily assembled in unitary relation with a receptacle and a cover cap therefor.

Another object of my invention is to provide an applicator composed of a dispensing finger and a lid-like plate, of simple form.

Some of the forms which my invention may take are shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a jar with my applicator device in position therein; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the applicator device of Fig. 1, and 25 Figs. 3 and 4, respectively, show modifications of the structure of Fig. 1.

The jar 4: is shown as provided with a flanged cover or screw cap 5 of any well known type.

A plate or lid member 6 is loosely mounted in position between the upper edge of the ar and the screw cap except so far as it may be clamped in such position by the screw cap. An applicator finger 7 is welded or otherwise suitably secured to the underside of the lid 0 member 6.

In order to remove substances from the jar, the cap 5 is first taken ofi", whereupon the lid member 6 may be grasped by the user for 40 the purpose of withdrawing the finger 7 from the jar together with such of the jars contents as may adhere to the finger. The user, by employing the member 6 as a handle, may move the finger 7 to all parts of the jar and across the bottom thereof, for the purpose of removing all of the material. It will thus be seen that small quantities of material may be removed from the jar without the necessity of the user dipping his fingers into the jar or finding a spoon or other implement which may be utilized for that purpose. This feature of avoiding the necessity for a person to dip 111s finger 1nto the ar because no spoon or the like is conveniently available is desirable because a jar which is accessible to various persons is always open to suspicion by reason of the fact that a subsequent user may be in doubt which a previous as to the conditions under user may have used the jar,

or the. condition of the previous users fingers.

The member 6 not only serves as a handle by means of which the dipper manipulated, but may also serve for the jar when the cap 5 is not the jar.

arable from the cap 5 since, if it 7 may be as a cover in place on The plate or lid 6 is preferably sepwere rigidly secured thereto, the unscrewing of the cap would elevate the finger that its lower end would from the 7 to such an extent be so far removed bottom of the Jar as to render a considerable portion of the jar contents inaccess1ble to the finger.

The diameter of the disc 6 may be such that it fits within the lid by slight friction,

or if of s till slightly greater diameter, it will similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but wherein the applicator finger 7a is curved and of considerably greater length than the finger 7, so that it cannot only be more readily moved to various portions of the jar, but under some conditions, by reason of its curved form will carry larger portions of the material to be removed from the jar.

By the term wide-mouthed receptacle in the accompanying claims, tacle of the jar drawings wherein the mouth tacle approaches the diameter tacle proper,

tacles of or necks.

In Fig. 4, I show finger 7 cured to eliminating the necessity for I mean a receptype such as shown in the of the recepof the recepas distinguished from recepthe bottle type with narrow mouths a structure wherein the is welded or otherwise directly sethe underside of the cover 5", thus the disc 6. The could be straight on a diagonal line,

but I prefer to curve it somewhat so that it will more effectively lift the material from the jar. Also, the finger 7 could be of spring-like material and of sufiicient length that it will be flexed somewhat after the cover is screwed down. However, the length of the finger is such that its lower end can be moved across the entire surface of the jar, even when the jar lid is unscrewed as in Fig. 4, whether it be of yieldable material or not.

I claim as my invention 1. An applicator device comprising a disclike member adapted to rest upon the upper edge of a wide-mouthed receptacle for pasty substances and the like, and an applicator finger secured to the underside of said member adjacent to one edge thereof, but sufficiently removed therefrom as to be disposed Within the receptacle when the disc member is in place thereon, the finger extending downwardly in a diagonal direction to the bottom of the jar when the disc member is in place.

2. The combination with a wide-mouthed receptacle for pasty substances and the like, and a cover therefor, of an applicator finger secured to the underside of the cover adja cent to one edge thereof, extending downwardly and laterally toward the opposite side of the receptacle, the finger being of such length that when the cover is lifted and moved laterally, the lowermost end of the finger may be moved across the entire bottom surface of the receptacle.

3. The combination with a wide-mouthed receptacle for pasty substances and the like, and a cover therefor having a depending portion that extends below the uppermost edge of the jar, of an applicator finger secured to the underside of the cover adjacent to one edge thereof, extending downwardly and laterally toward the opposite side of the receptacle, the finger being of such length that when the cover is lifted and moved laterally, the lowermost end of the finger may be moved across the entire bottom surface of the receptacle.

GEORGE FISCHER. 

